Why back in the 90's was Newt and the GOP opposed to Bombing AlQaeda? Claiming Clinton didn't have permission?

Question

Newt's Coup repeatedly blocked the use of Cruise Missiles against AlQaeda.

Did the Contract with America simply lack the foresight to realize AlQaeda was a terrorist organization.

Nice Link T S

Answer 1

Let's look at facts...
Clinton Administration developed the nation's first anti-terrorism policy, and appointed first national coordinator of anti-terrorist efforts.
Clinton Administration stopped the Al Qaeda millennium hijacking and bombing plots.
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to kill the Pope
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to blow up 12 U.S. jetliners simultaneously
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to blow up UN Headquarters
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to blow up FBI Headquarters
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to blow up the Israeli Embassy in Washington
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to blow up Boston airport
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to blow up Lincoln and Holland Tunnels in NY
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to blow up the George Washington Bridge
Clinton Administration stopped the planned attack to blow up the US Embassy in Albania
-- Tried to kill Osama bin Laden and disrupt Al Qaeda through preemptive strikes (efforts denounced by the G.O.P.).
-- Brought perpetrators of first World Trade Center bombing and CIA killings to justice.
-- Did not blame Bush I administration for first World Trade Center bombing even though it occurred 38 days after Bush left office. Instead, worked hard, even obsessively -- and successfully -- to stop future terrorist attacks.
--Named the Hart-Rudman commission to report on nature of terrorist threats and major steps to be taken to combat terrorism.
-Clinton Administration sent legislation to Congress to TIGHTEN AIRPORT SECURITY. (Remember, this is before 911) The legislation was defeated by the Republicans because of opposition from the airlines.
-Clinton Administration sent legislation to Congress to allow for BETTER TRACKING OF TERRORIST FUNDING. It was defeated by Republicans in the Senate because of opposition from banking interests.
-Clinton Administration sent legislation to Congress to add tagents to explosives, to allow for BETTER TRACKING OF EXPLOSIVES USED BY TERRORISTS. It was defeated by the Republicans because of opposition from the NRA.
-Clinton Administration increased the military budget by an average of 14 per cent, reversing the trend under Bush I.
-Clinton Administration tripled the budget of the FBI for counterterrorism and doubled overall funding for counterterrorism
-Clinton Administration detected and destroyed cells of Al Qaeda in over 20 countries
-Clinton Administration created national stockpile of drugs and vaccines including 40 million doses of smallpox vaccine.
-Of Clinton Administration's efforts says Robert Oakley, Reagan Ambassador for Counterterrorism: "Overall, I give them very high marks" and "The only major criticism I have is the obsession with Osama"
-Paul Bremer, current Civilian Administrator of Iraq disagrees slightly with Robert Oakley as he believed the Clinton Administration had "correctly focused on bin Laden.
-Barton Gellman in the Washington Post put it best, "By any measure available, Clinton Administration left office having given greater priority to terrorism than any president before him" and was the "first administration to undertake a systematic anti-terrorist effort"

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The Republicans will claim amnesia on this question. They're only opposed when a Democrat's in the white house.

Answer 4

Yes, the fate of the free world hung on the veracity of statements about oral sex. Years later that same fate hung on "Freedom Fries". The GOP always focuses on what is most important for the US.

Answer 5

Mostly, it was about hating Clinton....

see link of 1998 reasons Conservatives had for NOT attacking Iraq:

http://www.conservativeusa.org/iraq-war.htm

my favorite is #9

If we "succeed", what have we gained? If we don't begin a war, what have we lost?

Answer 6

Yes, and it isn't surprising.

Newt's "Contract on America", is going to take decades to fix.

Thank god that the neocon movement is in it's last throes.

Answer 7

Because these partisan idiots like to get the people confused by dividing us.

Answer 8

Do the words wag the dog ring a bell?

Answer 9

Not disputing what you say, but it sounds fishy. Can you provide sources for your statements. I'd like to learn about it.